Go Skateboarding Day: Cop assults skateboarders for skateboarding in prohibited area.

[Flamethrower]

Part 1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=HOKb2PQs4kc&mode=related&search=)
Part 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT6z0dQ_-pg&mode=related&search=)
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Reasonable comments:
"This cop is guilty of aggravated battery. No one resisted until they were physically assaulted. Then the cop proceeds to verbally assault them in a pathetic attempt to justify is aggression.

I would recommend giving this tape to any defense attorney in the country, and watch these charges get dropped faster than a hot potato. That cop is a worthless piece of trash." - Truatheist

" "... would assume that the kids ran to avoid getting a ticket/summons or arrested, maybe some of them had some pot on them or weapons, who knows."

Maybe if he acted a little more professionally, they wouldn't have had reason to run -- and avoid a massive lawsuit that the city's taxpayers will end up paying. It wasn't necessary to crush a fly with a 300 lbs sledgehammer. But this guy will have his chance to tell it to the judge." - Cest Cop

And many others. Read them yourselves.
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This response is interesting. Look at the comments here (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9OkjRVQs2o&mode=related&search=) also.

There are so many other cases like this. This is just one of them. Please, I would like to hear your opinions on this. And discuss among yourselves also.

[Sk8 Shorty's]

That guy in the video in the link your provided at the bottom where it says "here" is saying stuff i totally agree with
there were other places in the city where a rape or robbery or something that was against the law even more than what the kids were doing, was going on
yet heres this cop using excessive force on these kids instead of doing something thats more important and trying to stop a robbery, rape, or some other law breaking act.

And plus, the guy is right, just because you run away from a cop doesnt mean that its over guilt because you did something bad, because just like that guy said, there has been alot of police brutality over the past years and so the supreme court ruled in a couple cases that its ok to run away because cops use their force excessively and because they have a justifiable fear.

That guy is totally right and I completely agree with him, i just hope those kids do get good lawyers and do get alot of money from this case.

This guy I also agree... with...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liihLc_jGWw
its stupid how this whole lawsuit is happening and while their trying to sort this out, this Joseph Williams guy or whatever his name is, hes getting paid still and hes on vacation, what the **** kinda shit is that?

[Flamethrower]

Dude, isn't there a website where you can start petitions and get the amount of signings you need to get the law overturned?

[AdioBird52]

Petitions don't do shit most of the time.

[Sk8 Shorty's]

Dude, isn't there a website where you can start petitions and get the amount of signings you need to get the law overturned?

Yeah I think theres either
http://www.ipetitions.com/start-petition/

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/create.html?z00m=92858

http://www.start-a-petition.com/
I think those might work, but I'm not sure though

Petitions don't do shit most of the time.

Yeah thats true, the only one I've seen that works, is that one "free hugs campaign" thing when that guy was told to stop campaigning and he started a petition, but I think it only worked cause he had ALOT of people sign it.

[Flamethrower]

Petitions don't do shit most of the time.
Well, it'd be worth a try, ya' know?

Alright, so say I start a petition on one of those online communities, what would I do with it when I gained an reasonable amount of signatures?

[FireFreek]

i dont think the cop is going to get any punishment, whos gona win? a figure of authority or some dirty skater kid whos doing something he wasnt suppose to do.

[Sk8 Shorty's]

i dont think the cop is going to get any punishment, whos gona win? a figure of authority or some dirty skater kid whos doing something he wasnt suppose to do.

the kids will win if they get a good enough lawyer
the kids did something wrong
yes
but did that mean the cop should of acted the way he did? no
he should of just given them tickets and thats it
the cop was more wrong than the skaters
the skaters just violated one or 2 things
the cop violated ALOT more than just 2 things

[zeronyskater]

Saw it. It's allover the place dude. This cop is in deep trouble.

[Flamethrower]

i dont think the cop is going to get any punishment, whos gona win? a figure of authority or some dirty skater kid whos doing something he wasnt suppose to do.
I doubt he'll be seen as a "Figure of authority" When he was just choking the shit out of a 13 year-old.
Saw it. It's allover the place dude. This cop is in deep trouble.
That's not my point. The thing about this, is that it's the last one I want to see. I'm tired of being pissed. I'd rather put a stop to it, rather than continue to watch it happen. Yeah, it's a big thing to even think about, so it'll be even bigger to try and stop. But I'd rather take my chances, what about you? I don't think I have enough people on my side - on OUR side. Though we don't know these people, and many of us will just pass it off as another annoying ****ing story - that isn't what I'm getting at. I'm getting at, that we need to stand up for eachother.

[FireFreek]

skateboarders are never going to stop getting hassled, we are doing something illegal, skateboarding is illegal. when you skateboard you take the risk of a meathead pig beating you down. its just the way it is.

[Flamethrower]

Well, maybe we should stop those meatheads. I guess that's what I'm really getting at. It's cool if they don't treat us like shit. Otherwise, I'm over with it.
Ugh..forget it. It was a stupid idea. Somebody delete this thread. It's useless.

[Sk8 Shorty's]

skateboarders are never going to stop getting hassled, we are doing something illegal, skateboarding is illegal. when you skateboard you take the risk of a meathead pig beating you down. its just the way it is.


the only reason we get hassled is cause other people ruin it for us
the "punks" and the ones that give us a bad rep are the reason we get hassled, not because skateboarding is illegal
skateboarding isnt illegal
cause if it was
then the city council of the county or w/e that makes these skateparks wouldnt be making them
skateboarding isnt illegal unless u go places u arent supposed to
and maybe those kids skated where they did for a reason
maybe they had no where else to skate
and thats why they chose to skate there
and were they skating in that area, or were they passing by?
we dont know unless the vid shows or unless a witness says

[Flamethrower]

the only reason we get hassled is cause other people ruin it for us
the "punks" and the ones that give us a bad rep are the reason we get hassled, not because skateboarding is illegal
skateboarding isnt illegal
cause if it was
then the city council of the county or w/e that makes these skateparks wouldnt be making them
skateboarding isnt illegal unless u go places u arent supposed to
and maybe those kids skated where they did for a reason
maybe they had no where else to skate
and thats why they chose to skate there
and were they skating in that area, or were they passing by?
we dont know unless the vid shows or unless a witness says

They were skating there. Go Skateboarding Day was made to rebel against the government. Therefore it would make perfect sense to skate where you aren't supposed to. But, the cop used his frustration and turned it into an assualt. They didn't try and run, nor to resist. That one guy was going to run away because he was ****ing afraid. He wanted to leave the situation, he was afraid he was going to get choked half to death. Being afraid of being assualted cannot be held against you in court.

[DCsKaTeR]

They weren't a public nuisance, they were just skating on the sidewalk. No vandalism of any kind. This was unnecessary.

[mcrow1]

that cop is the biggest ***hole i have ever seen! sure the skaters were skating in a prohibited area, but the cop shouldnt have used that force on them. i think its so unfair on the skaters because they were only riding their boards, its not like they were hitting people with them!!!!!!!

[giantsfan7791]

it's real simple guys. skateboarding is at most a ticket. trespassing is a court appearance. too much force, no denying it. first off, it was a false arrest to try to justify his excessive force. secondly, he arrested everybody else because they were there. tell me what the cameraman did wrong. he was just filming and the cop told him to put it down since he was under arrest too. thirdly, he refused to accept the fact that they have rights too by violating his protocal and not giving them the miranda warning. i could go on but this paragraph alone is enough in court so i won't go into further detail here.

[Sk8 Shorty's]

it's real simple guys. skateboarding is at most a ticket. trespassing is a court appearance. too much force, no denying it. first off, it was a false arrest to try to justify his excessive force. secondly, he arrested everybody else because they were there. tell me what the cameraman did wrong. he was just filming and the cop told him to put it down since he was under arrest too. thirdly, he refused to accept the fact that they have rights too by violating his protocal and not giving them the miranda warning. i could go on but this paragraph alone is enough in court so i won't go into further detail here.

exactly what I've been trying to say
no matter what
the kids didn't violate as many things as the cop did
and the only reason the cop would win the case
is only cause he works for the government and thats it
everything else is against him

[DCsKaTeR]

it's real simple guys. skateboarding is at most a ticket. trespassing is a court appearance. too much force, no denying it. first off, it was a false arrest to try to justify his excessive force. secondly, he arrested everybody else because they were there. tell me what the cameraman did wrong. he was just filming and the cop told him to put it down since he was under arrest too. thirdly, he refused to accept the fact that they have rights too by violating his protocal and not giving them the miranda warning. i could go on but this paragraph alone is enough in court so i won't go into further detail here.

You're alot better at explaining stuff. I think you need to email that police force. You're good at persuading.

[giantsfan7791]

thanks. my parents always say i should be a lawyer since nobody can win an argument with me. i just have a photographic memory so i read a lot and spend a lot of time on wikipedia to make sure i know everything. if nothing happens soon though i will speak to the police about it.

[Sk8 Shorty's]

what cops would you go to? cause its not like you can go to your local police dpt. and talk to them about it and hope for them to do anything about this whole situation

sorry if i forgot but were you the one that said you lived by that area where this incident happened or no?

[psycoskater]

That is very messed up.

That cop lost his job if these kids decide to actually prosecute, pigs think they can get away with a lot of shit just because they maintain order but the real truth is that most of them don't know shit about the legal system. But the lack of knowledge is also what helps them since most people in this country aswell don't know about our legal system.

People look at us skaters like if we were smuggling 100 kilos of coke at each skate spot but what we really are doing is appreciating what we got, it just seems everyones greed makes us the bad guys.

[danmorris778]

wtf was that cop on about....seriously...strangling a girl =|

thats low...and yes he had every right to tell them off or to move them on but to arrest them???

yes lets sign petitions...get everyone on RR to sign it and then get all their friends to sign up and their friends and we're sorted...that video really pissed me off :@

[giantsfan7791]

what cops would you go to? cause its not like you can go to your local police dpt. and talk to them about it and hope for them to do anything about this whole situation

sorry if i forgot but were you the one that said you lived by that area where this incident happened or no?
no, i don't live near them. i would just call their internal affairs office, copwatch, or the FBI. i can raise hell when needed.

[Sk8 Shorty's]

no, i don't live near them. i would just call their internal affairs office, copwatch, or the FBI. i can raise hell when needed.

Yeah thats what I thought you meant but I just wanted to be sure you know :P

[Ramp]